they actually are. they are all large, federal programs that will mean a bigger government bite. they are trying to distance themselves from the word socialism. they think it s a bad word yet they come out with these programs that every way you look at them socialist programs. sandra: a large chunk of his time on stage ripping into crazy ideas that are emerging on the left. meanwhile we re just now 24 hours now from the president walking away from that deal in vietnam with north korea. market impact there and what does it tell us about a potential deal with china? the president clearly showing he is willing to walk away if the deal is not right. i think he is spot on and what he tried to tell the world. i m willing to walk away if it s not the best deal for the united states. and look, i think in retrospect all over cnn yesterday was failure this, failure that. actually, this was a real success. the president proved he is not
look how long they held up loretta lynch. barack obama couldn t have presented a more acceptable choice for attorney general. for these people to act like the democrats are being bad sports here, it s the same old stomach problem for the republicans, no guts. you need to win the media cle. elizabeth warren won the media cycle. if i were jeffsessions, i would have said let the lady talk. that would have been a win for jeff sessions. if he said, mr. president, let her make her case. he would have looked like a hero. he didn t do that. think about the soundbyte. this is the age of government bite. democrats need to think about how it s going to play on social media. it may be letting some through and picking your battles, otherwise, there s no point to it. we have to take a break. if his mind continues to get blown, you are going to have no
congressional stalemate that could mean a bigger government bite out of your paycheck. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . captions by vitac www.vitac.com the lines have been redrawn in the battle for the republican presidential nomination and after months of focusing his fight on president obama, mitt romney is now going after the newest front-runner, the former house speaker, newt gingrich. romney s latest assault is the classic campaign tactic of using the candidate s own words against him. joe johns is joining us now. take us inside romney s latest attack on gingrich. now we know that mitt romney apparently is not going to sit around and wait for newt gingrich to make a mistake as some have been suggesting. romney s on the offensive right now, but as far as we can tell, the former speaker hasn t exactly launched any kind of counterattack. down in the polls with weeks left until iowa caucuses, mitt romney makes his move. direct assau